Accreditation open for WEF on Africa

The co-chairs of the meeting are Ajai Chowdhry, founder, HCL; chairman and chief executive officer, HCL Infosystems, India; Kuseni Douglas Dlamini, chief executive officer, Old Mutual, South Africa; Pat Davies, chief executive, Sasol, South Africa; and Joergen Ole Haslestad, president and chief executive officer, Yara International, Norway.

African and global leaders will address how nations in Africa are managing relations with key economic partners, with an increasing trend towards greater South-South cooperation. The forum's Global Redesign Initiative (GRI) will play a prominent role in this debate. In addition, the forum's Summit of Young Global Leaders will be held concurrently in Dar es Salaam and will integrate over 200 of the world's top young leaders into the meeting.

Media accreditation applicants must register online at www.weforummedia.org.

The registration deadline is Monday, 19 April 2010. As the number of accreditations issued will be strictly limited, late registrations will not be accomodated. No accreditation will be granted on site.

For more information about the meeting, go to www.weforum.org/africa2010.